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Golden Goal Basic Skills & Communication Training with Integrated Sport Activities

Golden Goal Basic Skills & Communication Training with Integrated Sport Activities. Helmut Kronika (BEST) Glasgow, September 18th 2008. BEST– company profile. Hard Facts.

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Golden Goal Basic Skills & Communication Training with Integrated Sport Activities

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  1. Golden Goal Basic Skills & Communication Training with Integrated Sport Activities Helmut Kronika (BEST) Glasgow, September 18th 2008

  2. BEST– company profile HardFacts... BEST Institut für berufsbezogene Weiterbildung und Personaltraining GmbH was founded in 1990 as an independent vocational qualification institute. We qualify employees and unemployed people in economy, languages, clerical skills, commerce, and computer skills. BEST, as certified ECDL Test Centre, offers qualification courses and examinations for the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL and ECDL advanced). BEST is also Eco-C certified. We offer training facilities for 4,000 people and employ a staff of some 200 teachers and trainers.

  3. BEST – company profile ...and Soft Skills Working in teams, communication, networking, flexibility: These skills have become important factors at the labour market. The concepts for lifelong learning and accompanying coaching are part of our holistic approach

  4. BEST International Projects Department • Since Austria has joined the EU in 1995, BEST has been engaged in • more than 40 European projects in the framework of the following EU programmes: • LEONARDO DA VINCI • SOCRATES-GRUNDTVIG • Other European programmes: eTEN, community initiatives HORIZON and EQUAL, Transversal Programme etc.

  5. About the Golden Goal Project Duration: 3 years (2005 – 2008) With 17 partners from 16 European countries Supported by many strategic stakeholders Co-funded by the European Commission This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

  6. Golden Goal Partnership Fondazione IDIS (IT) FUTURE Capital Foundation (LV) ROC Nijmegen (NL) Rogaland Kurs og Kompetansesenter (NO) ROK Fundatio Romana-Germana (RO) FRG FOLKuniversitetet Kristianstad (SE) PAPILOT (SI) GLOBAL (TR) University of Glasgow (UK) DACE • BEST Training (AT) • Kulturverein DOPPELPASS (AT) • KTP Spolecnost pro Kvalifikaci na Trhu Prace (CZ) • Hessisches Sozialministerium (DE) HSM • ABC Dialog (DK) • Gabinet d’Estudis Socialis (ES) GES • IRFA Sud (FR) • ATHINA Institute for Research (GR)

  7. Project objective GOLDEN GOAL has introduced sports into basic skills and communication training for disadvantaged adults

  8. Products/Results The project has developed a • Curriculum for basic skills and social skills training in combination with sporting activities (football, but also other sports depending on the local condition and the target groups), and a • Tool Box containing materials and methods. as web-based materials for free download

  9. Method and approach • Detailed analysis of the basic skills policy and basic skills education in the partners’ countries • Development teams to produce the products • Pilot tests • Dissemination events

  10. Key success factors • Contacts with relevant educational and education policy organisations in each partner’s country (they became recipients of the dissemination activities) • Structured validation & pilot tests • Golden Goal Demonstration Event in the partner countries during the European Football Championship qualification phase

  11. Key success factors Golden Goal Ambassadors like and many more!

  12. Added value: Dissemination Our dissemination and demonstration events have created an excellent opportunity to direct public awareness from mere sport issues to educational aspects using sports as underlying pedagogical method. Timely coincidence of the project dissemination activities with the European Football Championship EURO 2008

  13. Golden Goal CURRICULUM & TOOL BOX

  14. “Curriculum for Introducing Sport Activities into Adult basic Skills Education” • to inform people responsible for the design of adult education measures and stakeholders in education policy on how sport activities can be introduced into basic skills training enriching the respective learning contents

  15. The Golden Goal Curriculum

  16. The Golden Goal Curriculum

  17. “Tool Box for Introducing Sport Activities into Adult basic Skills Education” • is designed for vocational and social counsellors and trainers as well as • adult education organizations and vocational qualification institutions. • The tools are addressed to male and female adults being in danger of social exclusion or being excluded without educational and/or vocational qualifications who show no inclination to take part in any initiative of adult education and lifelong learning.

  18. TOOLBOX - contents • Literacy (12 exercises) • Numeracy (10 exercises) • Social Skills (11 exercises) • ICT (9 exercises) • Foreign Languages (6 exercises)

  19. Example 1: “How to read a schedule”

  20. Example 2: “Turf for the next season” • Learning objectives: • To make accurate observations • Learn about size, square metres and calculations • Description for Teachers: • The Teacher sequences theory and practice components, to help students learn the techniques and knowledge and see the relevance of what they are learning through practical experience. The students discuss how they will arrange to do the assignment with the teacher before they begin.

  21. Example 3: “Interview“ (2) (…)

  22. Example 4: “Sports club internet cafe ” • Learning objectives: • To learn to find relevant information asked for • Explore and develop information and derive new information • Present combined information, including text, images and numbers • Description for Teachers: • The students will use either internet or yellow pages and phone calls to find the necessary information. If they have some computer knowledge, try presentation in Powerpoint or simple word document. • Instruction for Learners: • You are responsible for setting up some computers with Internet access in your sports club. Find out information about as many Internet service providers in your area as possible and make a presentation of the different services. • Finish the presentation with which one you would choose for your sports club’s Internet access and why? • Save your work on your computer

  23. Curriculum and Tool Box are available for free download at the project’s website: www.golden-goal.at

  24. The Golden Goal Website http://www.golden-goal.at Available in many languages

  25. Other European Projects Attract Participation and Increase Motivation of Young Male Language Learners www.love-language.org

  26. www.european-generation-link.org

  27. GOAL! Thank you for your attention! Helmut Kronika BEST Institut für berufsbezogene Weiterbildung und Personaltraining GmbH Mariahilfer Str. 8 A – 1070 Wien T: +43-(0)1- 585 50 50 F: +43-(0)1- 585 50 50 – 77 I: www.best.at

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